Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,192, William Ferrell, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn.
Ferrill, William or Farrell
S. 42, 192
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania Roll
1,178
William Herrell
Capt Moore, Private, 4
Pennsylvania line 2 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to the Pensioner at Mercersburg, Franklin Co y Pa.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
Service allowed
4 months 6/30. $ 33. 60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Mercersburg, Franklin Co y Pa.

To the acting Secretary of War Washington City
FERRELL, WILLIAM (PA.) S-42192

Franklin County and District of Columbia ss. On this twenty fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the undersigned one of the Judges in and for the District personally appeared William Screech aged about sixty six years resident of Mercersburg in the aforesaid County and District who being by me first duly sworn, acknowledged that he made the following declaration in substance: that from the time by the latter end of paragraph entitled an act to provide for certain pensions etc. in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war that he the said William Screech enlisted in in Capt. Scott's company in in August 1776 in the flying camp and after that that he enlisted in Capt. ... Mercer and was commissioned by Col. ... the ... of the fourth Regiment of ... that he ... until the ... until the ... of July 1777 when he was regularly discharged by order of the Secretary of War ... Discharge he also avowed that he was in the battle of Brandywine ... Brandywine ... that he is now ... and ... in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other ... now in his power of ... ... before me the day and year above written William Screech X
Attest ...

I, Archibald Bland one of the judges in and for the county of Franklin and District of Columbia do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within draft did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy and I name against the persons and to the amount herein and that in before me to the testimony of the above document of my power & to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress for testimony as hereof hereunto set in place and seal the 24th day of June 1818
Archibald Bland

Pennsylvania Franklin County ss.
I John Lincelay prothonotary of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify That Archibald Baird Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken, and who appears to have signed the foregoing Certificate was at the time thereof an Esquire of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and his full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand And seal of said Court at Chambersburg the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
John Lincelay proth

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Pay INVALID.
File No. 42192
William Herrill De Rev Wad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 168
[Arrangement of 1870.]

at the time this document bears his deposition he was not in a good state of health and neglected giving a statement of his being wounded and of the different battles he was in he was a long time in the service and further information that you may desire he will give it (his place of residence is in St. John's Westmoreland County Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania.
Act 19 May 1820 William Ferrall priv:
Aged 78 yrs - a tailor - lame in left arm, & cannot work - Wife, "aged" - Served 2 yrs from Sept: 1822 1781. -
Sched: 26 July 1824, exhibits 1 bed & hacking bedding - 1 bureau - 6 old chairs - 1 table & kitchen furni- ture. Court certifies property to be worth $30. - Has a pension of $40 p. year from state of Pa. -
Says, that in June 1818, he sold 1 house, the money applied towards sup- port - sold nothing since.
States, the reason why he did not before exhibit a sched: of his prop- erty was that he has been supported by his children.
Lives on rented property, at $20 p. annum.
Commences 26 July 1822 Continued 2 Oct: 1824 & sent to
D. Marchand, Esq.
Mount Pleasant
Pennsylvania
William Ferrall Mount Pleasant Pa Oct 26 1822

Mr. Edward John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War Washington City
Recd 9 Augt. 1824

District of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County ss.
On this twenty sixth day of July 1824 Personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County (being a Court of Record) William Farrell aged Seventy eight years resident in Westmoreland County in said district who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. Fourth Regiment Second Brigade Pennsylvania Line under Col. William Butler, Flying Camp Battle of Brunswick, Trenton, Germantown, Monmouth, Brandywine, Paoli Two years in the Indian war also under Col. Porter of the Train and was wounded in the head at the battle of Paoli.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself under the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services in the United States on the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
One bed and bedding, one Bureau six old chairs one Table and Kitchen Furniture amounting to about six dollars, and draw a pension from the state of Forty dollars yearly.
He says he is by occupation a Taylor but is unable to pursue it from inability having lost the power of the left arm has an aged wife
This deponent further sayeth that on or about the first day of May 1818 he sold one small horse and no other property since that time and appropriated the proceeds to paying of house rent and the balance to the support of his family, And this deponent sayeth further that the Reason why he has not before this time rendered a Schedule of his property is that he has been supported by his children
Sworn, declared & subscribed in open Court the 26 th day of July 1824 Test D. Marchand Proth y
William his Farrell mark
Westmoreland County ss.
I. David Marchand Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Do Hereby Certify that the preceding is a true copy of the Original Declaration made on oath in said Court and now filed in my office and that the said Court is of opinion that the total amount in value of the property of said William Farrell specified in the schedule is thirty eight dollars.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburgh the twenty eighth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty four.
D. Marchand Proth y

Pennsylvania Westmoreland County ss
I David Marchand Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Westmoreland do hereby certify that Charles Fullwood Bogue who has with his own proper hand writing subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavit was at the time thereof and is now an Acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned therefor all to whom acts and deeds as such full faith and credit are due
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greensburg the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
D. Marchand Proth. B

Dec 23rd 1846 by C. Biddle Be it known, that on this seventeenth day of November, Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and forty six, before me Clement C. Biddle, Esquire, Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania residing in the City of Philadelphia, duly commissioned and by Law authorized to administer oaths and affirma- tions, personally appeared JOHN HORNER, of the said city of Philadelphia, Merchant, and as such to me Notary known, who having been by me Notary duly SWORN according to Law, on his solemn oaths deposes and says, that deponent was appointed the attorney in fact of William Ferrell, the person mentioned in the annexed and foregoing certificate, to receive his Pension, and that said William Ferrell is on the Pension Roll of the State of Penn- sylvania, and that the Original Certificate of his being on said Pension Roll, under the Seal and Signature of the Secretary of War, was delivered to deponent by Jacob Kelly, of the village of Mount Pleasant, in West Moreland county, whose deposition is also herunto annexed, that he this deponent by virtue of a power of attorney and said original certificate received the Pension of said William Ferrell and for his use and benefit; that said original certificate has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed, and although diligent search has been made can not now be found.
John Horner
Sworn and Subscribed as above before me the said Notary Public, which I attests under my hand and Seal of Office.
Clement C. Biddle Not. Pub.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Westmoreland ss.
On this twentysixth day of October 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Westmoreland personally appeared William Ferrell who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Webster in the regiment commanded by Colonel Porter in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the twentysixth day of April 1826, at or the town of H Pleasant near he the said William Ferrell gave the original certificate to Isaac Melly of the said town of Mount Pleasant in the county of Westmoreland , a merchant who states that he left the same with John Hanner of the city of Philadelphia and that it is since lost or mislaid — Sworn and subscribed to, before me. the day and year aforesaid. }
C. Fullwood
his X mark
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.

Westmoreland County, ss. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Jacob Wetty of the Village of Mount Pleasant in said county Merchant, a person of respect- ability, who being by me sworn declares on his solemn oath, that he did receive from the witness named Mrs. Ferrell his original certificate stating that the said William Ferrell was on the Pension Roll of Pennsylvania. That he the said Wetty left the said certificate with John Horner Merchant of the city of Philadelphia. That he the said John Horner drew the said Ferrell's Pension by virtue of a power of Attorney and said certificate, that he the said Jacob Wetty saw the said certificate with the said Horner same time in the month of April 1826, and that the said John Horner, same time in the month of September last past informed this deponent that the said certificate was lost or mislaid -
Sworn and Subscribed to the 23 rd day of October 1826.
Before.
C. Fullwood
Jacob Wetty

T H E S E are to C E R T I F Y that the bearer hereof in the Pennsylvania Key-Stone Battery regiment, having faithfully served the United States since 10th September 1861 and being inlisted for the war, is hereby discharged from the American army.
Given at the war office the 16th July 1865
By order of the secretary at war,
John D. Sleeper Set forth James M. [unclear] Dumaine Drawn
Registered in the books of the regiment,
James M. [unclear] adjutant

War office, 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the bearer as a discharge, until the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace; previous to which time, and until proclamation thereof shall be made, he is to be considered as being on furlough.
B. LINCOLN
FERRELL, WILLIAM (PA) 5-42192